The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-13
The Stock Yards Project at Last Be-
gins to MateriaIize.
A Proposition Made to and Accepted
by the Board Of Trade,
And Petitions Already Being Signed
by Our Citizens.
Full Text of the Important 0ocu-
ment as Adopted,
With Synopsis Of the Proceedings
Held Last Night,

At . cNllcd meHtiug OF the board OF
rade held ~ the court house Friday might
there was . very general attendance Of
our ciuzens- @. B. Peters, president Of
the board, presided and A. o. WhortoD
acted a. secretary pro tenn. The COM
mitiee sppSinted at q Previous meeting
20 act with L. Ssssry, director In tn,
Santa Fe railroad com. cay, and O N.
SterrY, attorney f6T sail company,
which com mittee consisted Of Mayor
Brewer, Judge Cunningham and Van
=. Holmes, reported In favor
OF the proposition offered by
Hessrs. Severy and Sterry In
behalf Of the Chicago, Kansas & Western
railroad company, the Gulf branch Of the
Atcnison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Mr.. Sterry
spoke ut some length In support of the
proposition. Col. Taylor and others
made some remarks, after which JudR
Cunningham moved that the proposition
be endorsed by the board. Before put
ding this question Mr.. Lambert moved
that the blanks be filled by making the
amount OF bonds to be voted by the city
e20, 900, and the amount to be voted by
the township OF Emporia Gle, 900. Col.
Taylor moved to amend the motion by
appOrtioniDg the amount Of bonds to be
voted respectfully by the city and town
chip In accordance with the assessed
value Of the property of each. The
amendment was lost, and the original
motion was adopted. J. l.. w. Bell
moved TO fill the blank relating to the
length OF time the bonds should run by
inserting the words ''thirty years, )" which
was adopted. The question recurring on
the motion to endorse the proposition, 1t
waa carried without dissenting voice.
On motion q committee Of five was
appointed 70 circulate the petition for
signatures In the city, consisting Of T. g.
whitley, chairman; W. r. Ewing, W. j.
Jones, J. w. Thatcher and J. G. Burch-
field.
A committee Of five to circulate q sim
liar petition in the township was ap-
pointed, consisting Of N. A. Coppick
F. K Smith, Mr.. Mccoy, Il. 81. Gray
and j. B. Moon. The board then ad-
jOurned and about forty citizens signed
the city petition, and some half dozen
persons from the township (being about
all that were presently signed the town
ship petition. The following are the
propositions to be voted on at q spe ial
election to be hereafter called:
To the Mayor and Council of the City of EN-
porA Lyon county, kas.!
aEts.a un.IR
being resident Taxpayers and legai
voters OF the city OF E npOriA, county of
Lyon, state OF Kansas, respectfully ped
ton your honorable body To bmit to the
qualified electors of said city Of EmpOria,
for their accept Ance or rejection, at u
special election TO be ordered by your
honorable body, under and in pursuance
OF the laws OF the state OF Kansas, and an
act entitled IAN act TO enable counties,
townships and cities 20 aid in the oon-
structton of railroads, and To repeal acc
ton Il chapter 80 OF the laws Of 1874;
which took sffect February 30, 1875, anu
amendments thereto, the following prop
osittOn, wi b the terms and conditions
herein specified, to- wit:
Shall the CT OF Emporia, county OF
Lyon, In the state OF Kansas, subscribe
for hundred shares, of one hundred
dollars each. of the capital Ock OF the
Chicagn, Kansas q Western railroad
company, q corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the state OF
Kansas, and In payment therefor issue to
the sAid railroad company the bonds OF
said city OF Emporia, county of Lyon, OF
the denomination of one thousand dol
lars each, said bonds to be payable TO the
bearer, at the fiscal agency of the state
OF Kansas In New York CITY thirty years
after the date thereof, pAyAble after
twenty years, bearing interest at the rate
OF ak per cent per annum, payable an
nuAlly, for which interest coupons shall
be attached payable at the fiscal sgency
Aforesaid. This subscription of stock
and Issue Of bond TO be upon the follow
ing conditions, namely: As soOn As
said proposition shall be- determined in
the affirmative, by canvass OF the votes
cast at said election, the mayor and
council OF said city OF Emporia, for and
In behalf Of said city Of Emporia, county
OF Lyon, shall order the city clerk to
make, and the city clerk shall make said
subscription, in the name of said city Of
Emporia, county Of Lyon for said shares
OF capital stock OF said railroad COM
pany; and when the railroad of said
railroad company shall be built OF stand =
Ard gauge and completed and In opera
ton from Ehnor, Chase county, Kansas,
TO the city Of Emporia, Lyon county,
Kansas, and shall, by lease or other wise,
form . continuous line from the Indian
Territory to the city OF EmporiH, by way
Of FL Dorado, Kansas.
And when said railroad company shall
build and construct, either by Itself Oh
In conjunction with the AtchIsOn,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad company
or by or through the last named COM
pauy, at or a. near the city of Emporis
a. practicable, In the township Of EN-.
poria, large and commOdious stool
yards. which shall be Of sufficient capAci-
~ aud furnished with sufficient accom-.
modations to water and feed all stocl
which may be brought to Emporia OF
transported through Emporia by either
the Chicago, Kansas s. Western RAILROAD
company, the Atchison, Topeka 4
Santa Fe railroad company or thu
Southern Kansas railroad compAn,
and shall establish such stock yards a
the central and principal feeding ant
watering point In the state of Kansas 70
AL stock shipped over Its road or roads
and when said railroad company shAl
establish the city OF Emporia as the en-
u the division upon said road Ito be kep
and maintained as the end OF such dIvis
lon when the same IL estabiIshed) then
aud at such time or times the said Chi
cARo, Kansas q Western railroad com
pany shan receive &c, 900 of said bonds
and issue shares OF stock therefor.
Inc sAio mayor ana city council ehA
cause suoh oonds, with interest coupon
attAche as aforesaid, TO be issued In tn
name OF said city Of Emporia, county {
Lyon, and shall deliver the same 10 sal
railroad company, on delivery or tendG
to the treasurer OF said city Of EmporiI
county OF Lyon, by said railroad CON
pany of certificates for its shares of full
paid up capital stock OF said railros
company equal In amount with sal
bonds, dollar for. dollar; provide,
said railroad shAll be built and com plets
and 10 operation, by lease or otherwts
As aforesaid, ready for business, on
before the LIST day Of January, 1888: an
provided further, that said stock var
shall bs constructed and fully comDIet,
on or before said last named date. and ii
same established a. q feeding point
Aforesaid, and that the said Citv of Er
poriA shall be established as the end OF
division OF said railroad on or before "A
last named date; provided further, that
the aald The Chicago, Kansas & Weste
railroad company shall be hindered
delayed In construction OF the said II
OF railroad by labor strikes, legal oil
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